As horse owners, when we feel that chill in the air, our natural reaction is to pop a rug on our horse, but a scientist believes we’ve got it wrong… It’s almost Spring yet there’s a distinct chill in the air and many of us have been experiencing snow. When we need to pop on […]

2023 sees Remus Horse Sanctuary in Essex celebrate its 40th anniversary. Sue Burton, founder of the charity in 1983, recounts how it all started and those first ten years: “Coming from London I had never met a horse so was amazed when having moved to Essex, on a trip to see a friend I noticed […]

Winter isn’t without its challenges, and this includes keeping your horse healthy, happy and looking their best. Inevitably shorter days and dismal weather can mean reduced turnout, irregular exercise and less hacking opportunities to blow the cobwebs away. Feeding plenty of forage to keep the horse occupied when stabled for longer also means keeping an […]

This probably won’t come as much of a surprise to most horse lovers, but recent research has shown that the majority of animal owners have stronger bonds with their pets than their families! The recent research was carried out by equine charity Brooke and revealed that more than a quarter of animal lovers would rather […]

2023 marks the Sanctuary’s 40th Birthday, which is an absolutely amazing achievement especially given all the setbacks and issues that we have faced over those years. We are proud to have done so much good work and touched, helped and saved so many horses, ponies, donkeys and other animals over the years but we could […]

The nights are dark and it’s cold and damp – but never fear, there are plenty of things to love about being a horse owner in winter! It may be hard to get yourself up and out when it’s colder and dark, but there’s an upside to making the effort. Winter mornings can be crisp […]

Around 15 years ago, we changed our fencing from wire to post and rail. Unfortunately we are now finding that its come to the end of its life – the posts and rails are starting to deteriorate quite rapidly. This means we need to start a rolling plan of repairs asap – could it have […]

As a horse sanctuary, our first consideration is for the animal, which is why our regular followers will know, we are not a fan of horse sports and events such as The Grand National. So we were pleased to see that the theme of the 25th World Horse Welfare Conference in November, was ‘when does […]

Giving Tuesday is no longer just around the corner! This year we are raising funds to repair our perimeter fencing, which has started to deteriorate quite badly. The fencing was changed from wire to post and rail about 15 years ago. Our priority is to repair or replace the perimeter fencing first, in order to […]

Remus Horse Sanctuary is thrilled to announce that it is one of the thousands of organisations taking part in this year’s #GivingTuesday campaign, taking place on 29 November. This Giving Tuesday 2022, Remus are fundraising to carry out the necessary repairs to their perimeter fencing which protects the animals. Each metre of fencing costs £40 which […]